Cell Phones To Be Allowed On UK Planes

Matty the Monkey writes "The British regulator in charge of air travel has approved cellphones for use on airline flights, reports the BBC. Airlines will be allowed to activate base stations in the plane's tail after takeoff, creating a zone of mobile coverage around the plane. 'The services could stop working once aircraft leave European airspace. Initially, only second generation networks will be offered but growing interest would mean that third generation, or 3G, services would follow later, said Ofcom. The cost of making a mobile phone call from a plane will be higher than making one from the ground.'"

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Old news

[Anonymous Coward]

Everyone knows that several cellphone calls were placed without a "base station" in the plane on 9/11, somehow successfully hopping from cell tower to cell tower in seconds at 400+ MPH without disconnecting. We all know this was already possible. Right? Right?!?

So they've been lying

[QuantumG]

all these many years that they've been claiming that mobile phones interfere with navigation equipment, that was just lies right?

Cause if mobile phones really interfere with navigation equipment then why do they let people take mobile phones on the plane?

I bet someone could make a radio jammer that will fit in a mobile phone form factor.

Attacking aircraft is just so damn simple that it is obvious that "terrorists" are just not interested.